Hi GeoServer-Developers, Andrea Aime asked me to involve this mailing list regarding the following issue & pull request: https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-7349 https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/1370
Context: - GeoServer WFS-Response with outputFormat=JSON - FeatureType with multiple geometries - any of the geometries might be null - the JSON contains one "geometry" attribute, which might be null, according to the spec - the JSON contains one "geometry_name" attribute, which defines the name of the attribute providing the value for the above - GeoTools FeatureTypes have a "default geometry" Question: - What is the desired behaviour if the default geometry of the feature is null? Solutions: 1) write "null" to the JSON "geometry" field and write the name of the default geometry attribute to "geometry_name" Pro: The value of the "geometry_name" field will be the name of the GeoTools default geometry attribute, consistently across all features of a feature type. 2) Serialize the first not-null geometry of the feature to the JSON "geometry" field and write the corresponding field name to "geometry_name" Pro: The JSON default geometry will be populated more often than in 1). This makes it more likely for the feature to be displayed out-of-the-box, like in OpenLayers. Currently, in this case the "geometry_name" does not correspond to the value of "geometry". I can offer to fix this issue. Please given me a feedback which way you prefer. Best regards, Andreas -- Andreas ---------------------------------------------------------------- ITS Telco Services GmbH GIS Services & Solutions Telecommunications Division Dillenburger Str. 77 D-51105 Köln Tel.: +49 (0)221 820 07 00 Fax : +49 (0)221 820 07 22 Mail: i...@its-telco.de Web : http://www.its-telco.de ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln Amtsgericht Köln, HRB 59310 Geschäftsführer: Gunnar Haack, Ralf Petersilka, Michael Schnepf, Kai Schriewer, Ludger Schulte ---------------------------------------------------------------- Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser E-Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
